ENDANGERED ISLE
BREAKING OFF THE NEEDLES. The people of the Isle of Wight arc anxious that the island should not be lessened. There is a danger that a small part of the Isle of Wight will be cut off. It is feared that the sea will nibble away the Needles and a hill behind them, turning the north-western corner into a little island. The. Channel ; s breaking into a low part of Freshwater Bay; and not far inland is the source of the River Yar, which runs down to Yarmouth on the Solvent. If. during a storm or high tide, the sea were to burst through into the little river then the high ground between the river and the corner of the island where the. Needles jut out would become an island. Naturally, the islanders do not wish their little land to have one of its prettiest corners chipped off, and so appeal for help, in resisting the sea’s encroachment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19443, 31 October 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)
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160ENDANGERED ISLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19443, 31 October 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)
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